Weekly news round up – 14th September 2012

Health and care

• It’s not just teenagers hitting the bottle – Telegraph
• Eye test clue to Alzheimers – Express

Money

• Funeral costs up 71% since 2004 – Guardian
• Banks refuse mortgages for older borrowers – This Money
• Scots gloomy over pension pots – Scotsman

Politics and society

• ‘No excuse’ for using drugs to keep the elderly manageable in care homes – Scotsman

Something for the weekend

• Over fifty and not in the shade – Express